by Weston Hodkiewicz, USA TODAY Sports

by Weston Hodkiewicz, USA TODAY Sports

GREEN BAY - Aaron Rodgers said Tuesday he won't play in the Pro Bowl after failing his post-season physical.

During his weekly radio show on ESPN Milwaukee, the Green Bay Packers quarterback said lingering ankle and knee injuries will sideline him from this year's game, scheduled on Jan. 27 in Hawaii.

"I didn't pass my physical. I don't want to get into too much of the details," Rodgers said before adding: "My ankle has definitely been a problem."

Rodgers later told radio show host Jason Wilde that he received an injection in his knee on Tuesday. Packers coach Mike McCarthy confirmed during his season-ending news conference that Rodgers visited with team physician Dr. Patrick McKenzie and failed his physical because of the knee injury.

For the second year in a row, the 29-year-old Rodgers was as durable as anyone on Green Bay's roster, playing in every game and missing only one practice because of a calf injury he sustained against Houston.

Rodgers also showed up on the team's injury report after spraining his ankle against Chicago last month, but he participated fully the following week in practice.

While Rodgers threw for 350 fewer yards with six fewer touchdowns and two more interceptions in 2012 than he did in 2011, the leadership he provided to an offense riddled with injuries can't be overlooked in the eyes of first-year quarterbacks coach Ben McAdoo.

"With all those changes, with all the uncertainty with the way teams are defending you, I think he may have been more valuable this year than he was last year in the way he handled himself and the way he prepared, and more so leading," said McAdoo of Rodgers.